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The Really, Really, Really, Really, Hard 2016 Challenge!January - December 2016
Completed: 12 of 12 months - 65 books!!
✔✔January – New Year = new series! Read 5 books that are the first book in a series.
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✔✔February – Valentine’s Day! Read 5 books by authors you love.
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March – St. Patrick’s Day! Read 5 books with green covers.
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✔✔April – National Humor Month! Read 5 books that make you laugh.
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✔✔May – Memorial Day! Read 5 books that feature military characters.
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✔✔June – Dare Day! Read 5 books recommended to you.
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✔✔July – Work-a-holicas Day! Read 5 books where the main characters have a different profession.
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✔✔August – Book Lover’s Day! Read 3000 pages or more while you relax.
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✔✔September – Fight Procrastination Day! Read 5 books that you’ve been putting off for at least a year. List the date placed on your TBR, date completed and your rating.
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✔✔October – United Nations Day! Read 5 books set in different locations.
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✔✔November – The Year is Almost Over! Read 5 books that either finish a series for you or get you caught up on a series.
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✔✔December – Happy Holidays! Time is short for a lot of us this month. Read as many books holiday themed books as you can this month.
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Updated and Completed Challenge (posts 46-48) for 2016.All set for Really, Really, Really, Really Hard Challenge 2017.
Thanks for the great and enjoyable challenge.
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All I Want for Christmas is You (other topics)A Home of Her Own (other topics)
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A Christmas Gift (other topics)
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Brenda Novak (other topics)Sheila Roberts (other topics)
Rusty Fischer (other topics)
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January 1 – December 31, 2016
Completed — 12/12 months!
December — Happy Holidays! ➔ as many holiday-themed books as possible
Rogue Rider, Larissa Ione – 12/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Christmas with the Reeds, Tammy Falkner – 12/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
His for Christmas: A Dark Billionaire Romance, Skye Warren – 12/22/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰
All He Wants for Christmas, Elisabeth Naughton, et al – 12/27/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Simply Irresistible, Jill Shalvis – 12/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Her Christmas Bonus, Rain Danvers – 12/31/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰
November — The Year is Almost Over! ➔ 5 books that finish a series or last published in a series
El Diablo, M. Robinson – 11/9/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Archangel’s Heart, Nalini Singh – 11/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
One Night with a Hero, Laura Kaye – 11/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Last Hope, Jessica Clare & Jen Frederick – 11/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Crash & Burn, Abigail Roux – 11/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
October — United Nations Day! ➔ 5 books set in different locations
London, England ➔ The Ghost on My Couch, L.A. Gilbert – 10/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Montreal, Canada ➔ Veil of Midnight, Lara Adrian – 10/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Chicago, IL ➔ Love Irresistibly, Julie James – 10/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Australia ➔ Rake’s Redemption, Chantal Fernando – 10/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Scotland ➔ The Chief, Monica McCarty – 10/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
September — Fight Procrastination Day! ➔ 5 books that you’ve been putting off for at least a year
June 28, 2015 ➔ Love, in English, Karina Halle – 9/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
August 10, 2014 ➔ Eternal Rider, Larissa Ione – 9/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
April 23, 2015 ➔ Swan and the Bear, Eve Langlais – 9/18/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
February 28, 2015 ➔ Wicked Ride, Rebecca Zanetti – 9/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
December 31, 2014 ➔ Beautiful Redemption, Jamie McGuire – 9/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
August — Book Lover’s Day! ➔ 3,000+ pages while you relax
3o5 — Wicked Fall, Sawyer Bennett – 8/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
90 — Midnight in Death, J.D. Robb – 8/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
330 — Armed & Dangerous, Abigail Roux – 8/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
254 — The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, A.N. Roquelaure (aka Anne Rice) – 8/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
374 — For 100 Days, Lara Adrian – 8/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
167 — Born to be Bound, Addison Cain – 8/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
266 — Real, Katy Evans – 8/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
196 — Grayson, Lisa Eugene – 8/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
118 — The Darkest Angel, Gena Showalter – 8/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
384 — Out Of Control, Shannon McKenna – 8/13/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
117 — Clockworks and Corsets, Tonia Brown – 8/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
562 — Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley – 8/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
461 — Unraveled, Lorelei James – 8/18/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
194 — The Untamed MacKenzie, Jennifer Ashley – 8/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
503 — Heart Recaptured, Tillie Cole – 8/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
80 — Need You Now, Lisa Renee Jones – 8/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
338 — Zane’s Redemption, Tina Folsom – 8/23/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
170 — Reapers and Bastards Anthology, Joanna Wylde – 8/23/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
171 — Twisted, Callie Hart – 8/24/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
71 — Blind Pass, Bianca Sommerland – 8/24/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰
288 — The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan – 8/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
496 — Gabriel’s Redemption, Sylvain Reynard – 8/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
294 — Their Virgin Concubine, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake – 8/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
63 — Deadly Desires, Sydney Croft – 8/28/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰
464 — Scarlet, Marissa Meyer – 8/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
497 — Conspiracy in Death, J.D. Robb – 8/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
6,948 pages
July — Work-a-Holicas Day! ➔ 5 books where the main characters have a different profession
Reporter/Venture Capitalist ➔ Manwhore, Katy Evans – 7/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Artist/Investigators ➔ Their Virgin’s Secret, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake – 7/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Assassin/Paramedic ➔ Sin Undone, Larissa Ione – 7/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Scientist/Soldier ➔ Mercury Striking, Rebecca Zanetti – 7/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Actress/Rock Star ➔ Rock Redemption, Nalini Singh – 7/11/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
June — Dare Day! ➔ 5 books recommended to you
Hell or High Water, Julie Ann Walker – 6/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grave Peril, Jim Butcher – 6/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Destined for an Early Grave, Jeaniene Frost – 6/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Men with the Golden Cuffs, Lexi Blake – 6/13/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Cinder, Marissa Meyer – 6/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
May — Memorial Day! ➔ 5 books that feature military characters
At Love’s Command, Samantha Kane – 5/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Tempted, Rebecca Zanetti – 5/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Darkest Whisper, Gena Showalter – 5/12/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Untamed, Pamela Clare – 5/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Hunted, Rebecca Zanetti – 5/17/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
April — National Humor Month! ➔ 5 books that make you laugh
The Deal, Elle Kennedy – 4/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Frenched, Melanie Harlow – 4/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
On the Plus Side, Tabitha Vargo – 4/9/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Baumgartners Plus One, Selena Kitt – 4/11/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift, Jennifer Ashley – 4/13/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
March — St. Patrick’s Day! ➔ 5 books with green covers
Sought, Evangeline Anderson – 3/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Delicious, Shayla Black – 3/22/16 – ✮✮✮✰✰
The Duke’s Perfect Wife, Jennifer Ashley – 3/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Reckoning, Jeaniene Frost – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Luck of the Irish, Ginger Voight – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
February — Valentine’s Day! ➔ 5 books by authors you love
Quarterback Draw, Jaci Burton – 2/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Tracker’s End, Chantal Fernando – 2/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Final Lap, Erin McCarthy – 2/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Walk Through Fire, Kristen Ashley – 2/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Darkest Pleasure, Gena Showalter – 2/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
January — New Year! ➔ 5 books that are the first book in a series
Their Virgin Captive, Shayla Black – 1/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Uncivilized, Sawyer Bennett – 1/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
UnRidden, Cat Johnson – 1/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Assets, Shannon Dermott – 1/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Fated, Rebecca Zanetti – 1/11/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮